AI employees for trades & service businesses

Stop missing a third of your calls.

Trades businesses miss 30–40% of inbound calls — each one a job lost to whoever answered. We install an AI receptionist that answers every call, books the job and costs a fraction of a human receptionist's wage. It answers our own valeting sites and locksmith vans today.

Ring our AI now: 07488 879707

That number is live. Call our AI now and experience exactly what your customer will.

Proof, not promises

Every AI employee we sell already works in a business we own.

Most AI consultancies demo someone else's software. Our AI receptionists and office managers are on our own payroll first — five valeting locations, a US locksmith pilot, and the back office that runs it all.

Case study · Valeting, UK

H2O Car Valeting

Franchise valeting network. AI voice agent answers calls at company-owned sites, handles pricing questions and books vehicles in — including evenings and weekends when the team is on the ramps.

80 calls/month answered by AIacross company-owned sites
Case study · Locksmith, USA

Lockfit USA

Two-van automotive locksmith pilot in the DC market. Inbound calls are qualified and priced by AI, jobs dispatched to technicians, and every call scored to improve conversion week on week.

72% lead conversionon AI-qualified inbound calls
Case study · Valeting, USA

Valet Spa, Tysons Corner

Premium valeting on the edge of Washington DC. The AI front desk takes bookings and answers service questions so a lean US team never loses a customer to a missed call.

0 missed callsduring opening hours since launch
“Saturdays used to be chaos — phone ringing while we were eight cars deep. Now it just gets answered, booked in, and lands on my screen.”
Lee Birko — Site Manager, H2O Car Valeting, Trafford Centre
Meet your new hires

We install AI employees.

Built for businesses where the phone pays the wages — locksmiths, plumbers, electricians, garages, valeting. Start with one hire; add the next when you're ready.

Missed Call Rescuer
Overflow & after-hours · live in 5 days

Catches every call you can't take — on the tools, after hours, weekends. Captures the job, texts the customer back, books it in. The 9pm lockout worth £300 stops going to your competitor.

AI Receptionist
Every call, 24/7 · live in 10 days

Our lead product. Sounds human, knows your prices and diary — books, quotes, qualifies and answers the questions your team repeats forty times a week. Every call logged and transcribed.

AI Office Manager
Follow-up, admin & the daily board pack

For established clients: chases every quote, sends invoices and reminders, and lands a board pack in your inbox each morning — yesterday's enquiries, missed calls, lost value in pounds, response times and revenue forecast.

Franchise Networks
Head office & multi-site rollout

One deal, every site covered. AI receptionists across the network at per-site pricing, plus an AI support manager answering franchisee questions for head office. We run franchises ourselves — we speak the language.

Pricing

Priced like a payslip. A fraction of the human one.

One-off setup, then a fixed monthly wage. No day rates, no surprises, cancel with 30 days' notice — and a 30-day pilot on every deployment so the risk sits with us. Every plan is 30% off the monthly price until 1 November 2026.

Missed Call Rescuer

Overflow & after-hours
Save 30%
£499£349/month
£750 one-off setup
  • Answers when you can't — busy, after-hours, weekends
  • Captures the job, texts the customer back, books it
  • Ideal for locksmiths, plumbers & electricians
  • Includes 60 rescued calls/month, then 95p a call
Stop losing calls

AI Office Manager

For established clients
Save 30%
£1,213£849/month
£1,995 one-off setup
  • Everything the receptionist does, plus…
  • Chases every quote & follow-up
  • Daily board pack: enquiries, missed calls, lost £, forecast
  • Connected to your diary, phones & accounts
  • Includes 120 answered calls/month, then 95p a call
Add the office manager
30% off the monthly price for accounts opened before 1 November 2026. The crossed-out figure is our standard rate from that date. Setup fees are not discounted.

All prices exclude VAT. Third-party platform costs (telephony, hosting) are billed at cost with no hidden margin.

Do your own maths

What are missed calls costing you?

Put your numbers in. Industry studies put missed inbound calls at 30–40% for trades businesses — we’ve used 30% and assumed only one in three missed calls was a real job. The monthly wage is shown here as its weekly share.

Missed calls per week (30%)18
Missed calls that were jobs (1 in 3)6
Revenue lost per week−£960
AI Receptionist wage, per week£127
Net recovered per week+£833

FAQs

How quickly can it be live in my business?

It depends on the plan. The Missed Call Rescuer is usually live in five working days, the AI Receptionist in about ten, and the AI Office Manager in around fifteen. We start by listening to the calls you already take, build the agent around them, and test it against real situations. It then runs alongside your team before it handles calls on its own.

Will it replace my staff?

No. It picks up the calls and admin your team never gets to — evenings, weekends, and the times everyone is already on a job. Your staff carry on doing the work that needs a person, and stop losing the day to the phone.

What does it cost?

All three plans are on an introductory monthly rate until 1 November 2026. The Missed Call Rescuer is £349 a month, rising to £499 for accounts opened after that date, with a £750 setup fee. The AI Receptionist, our most popular plan, is £549 a month, rising to £785, with a £1,495 setup fee. The AI Office Manager is £849 a month, rising to £1,213, with a £1,995 setup fee. Setup fees are not discounted. Whatever monthly rate you join on is the rate you keep for as long as your account stays open. Each plan includes a monthly call allowance — 60, 100 and 120 calls respectively — and any calls above that are 95p each. Prices exclude VAT, every deployment starts with a 30-day pilot, and you can cancel with 30 days' notice.

What happens if the AI cannot answer a question?

It says so plainly rather than guessing, takes the caller's details and passes the call to you. You get a transcript of every conversation, so anything it gets wrong can be corrected and added to what it knows.

Is my customer data safe and GDPR compliant?

Yes. We are a UK-registered company and every build is designed to meet UK GDPR. Before anything goes live we agree in writing what is collected, where call recordings and transcripts are stored, and how long they are kept.

What systems can you connect to?

The tools UK small businesses actually use — Xero, Sage, Google Workspace, Airtable, and most common CRM and booking systems. We connect them through n8n, Zapier or a direct integration, depending on what you already run.

Hear our AI take a call before you buy anything.

Call our AI now and experience exactly what your customer will — then let your own numbers make the decision.

Talk to the receptionist now Or ring the AI now: 07488 879707 · email jamie@whitecroftai.com